I am going from Fireworks 4 to Fireworks CS4. The type in
Fireworks 4 was smooth, almost vector-ish. It could be part of an
image and still look like HTML text in a web page. The text (10-12
pixels or so) in Fireworks CS4 looks blurry and not good at
all...definitely not suitable as a substitute for the clarity of
HTML text. I have also noticed this in previous versions of
Photoshop, which is why I always turned to my trusty Fireworks 4
when I wanted good, clean text on an image. I am hoping there is
something I am missing....some setting or something....does anyone
else notice this? My clients do, and they complain about it. Please
help!

In a nutshell, what you experienced in 4 is based on a
different 'engine' (Macromedia) and CS4 finally makes the full
transition, on par with other Adobe applications.

In your particular case, at least in my experience, when ever
I use Verdana, I find it looks better with Anti-Alias to None. It
looks a lot closer to 'web' than with any AA on. Thats just my
opinion, here. See if that makes a difference.

Bopjo wrote:
> I am going from Fireworks 4 to Fireworks CS4. The type
in Fireworks 4 was
> smooth, almost vector-ish. It could be part of an image
and still look like
> HTML text in a web page. The text (10-12 pixels or so)
in Fireworks CS4 looks
> blurry and not good at all...definitely not suitable as
a substitute for the
> clarity of HTML text. I have also noticed this in
previous versions of
> Photoshop, which is why I always turned to my trusty
Fireworks 4 when I wanted
> good, clean text on an image. I am hoping there is
something I am
> missing....some setting or something....does anyone else
notice this? My
> clients do, and they complain about it. Please help!
>
> Here is an example of what I'm working with:
>
>
http://www.bopjodesign.com/box.png>
Kim Cavanaugh wrote a good article on this subject at
Community MX.
Could be worth a read. Text handling is very similar now to
Photoshop
and resolves may issues for those who need to open PSD files
in FW or
Save PSD files in FW for editing in PS.

By any chance are you using Faux bold options for fonts
instead of using the true bold font weight, in your designs? That
could be one of the reasons why you are seeing blurry text. As
mentioned by Darrell, do have a look at the following article which
mentions about this and many more in text handling for Fireworks
CS4.

quote:
Originally posted by:
Bopjo The text (10-12 pixels or so) in Fireworks CS4 looks blurry
and not good at all...definitely not suitable as a substitute for
the clarity of HTML text. I am hoping there is something I am
missing....some setting or something....does anyone else notice
this? My clients do, and they complain about it. Please help!

I'm having a problem with the type looking ragged in FW CS4
but only intermittently. If I close the file or quit the program
and then re-open, often the ragged edge will have smoothed out and
the appearance looks good again. Sometimes I have to open and close
several times. Does anyone know what's causing this phenomenon?